Wisconsin Wins USA Rugby 2015 D2 National Championship!

The Wisconsin Women’s Rugby team earned its first-ever USA Rugby National Championship on Sunday, June 14, with a hard-fought 38-28 victory against the Sacramento Amazons at Colorado’s Infinity Park Stadium.

Wisconsin had swept the Midwest playoffs to earn the 2015 Midwest Championship and continued the sweep at the USA Rugby East Regionals to represent the entire eastern half of the United States at the D2 national final. A perennial national qualifier and the 2014 D2 Runner-Up, Sacramento had similarly swept their competition to qualify as the country’s West champion.